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Cross necklaces were the centre of the life of the Christians. Tertullian, one of the great church fathers mentioned the faithful followers of Christianity as the cross devotees. Great devotion of the Christians towards the Christ cross is defined as the symbol for Lord, St. Paulinus for Nola. Archaeologists...

"Atheists Don't Eat Their Children" is a griping look at why atheism is so prevalent in the world today. It explores how those professing christianity have directly attributed to the mass exodus from organized religion to atheism. This book will serve as a challenge to christians, as well...

Los sumerios fueron la primera civilización occidental, un pueblo que rebasó la frontera de la Prehistoria y entró de lleno en la Historia. Las investigaciones sobre la cultura sumeria son recientes, comenzaron hace apenas un siglo, desde entonces se han multiplicado las investigaciones y los yacimientos,...

La huella que el reino de al-Ándalus ha dejado en la península es imborrable y preciada, una cultura sofisticada que llevó a ciudades como Córdoba a la cima de su época. Puede parecer una obviedad recordar que los musulmanes estuvieron en la península durante más de ocho siglos y que su estancia...

"Ana Martos, con su libro Breve Historia del Condón y de los métodos anticonceptivos, nos habla de este tema tan peliagudo haciéndonos partícipes de un increíble y fascinante viaje por la historia de las formas de evitar embarazos innecesarios y los métodos seguros y curiosos que ha tenido...

For more than fifty years, students and teachers have made the two-volume resource Sources of Indian Traditions their top pick for an accessible yet thorough introduction to Indian and South Asian civilizations. Volume 2 contains an essential selection of primary readings on the social, intellectual,...

The author’s purpose in writing this book is to show what death consists of, and why God allowed death in His sinless original creation, while then showing how God removes death from His creation during time. The good news for the reader is discovering how one can avoid death, for as the title of...

            No one who visits both Rome and Athens at the present day can fail to be struck by one remarkable difference between the two famous cities, which stand for so much in the history of the world. While Athens is composed of a very old group of ruins and a brand-new town, which was...

Is it a mere coincidence that pyramids are found throughout our globe? Did cultures ranging across vast spaces in geography and time, such as the ancient Egyptians; early Bud-dhists; the Maya, Inca, Toltec, and Aztec civilizations of the Americas; the Celts of the British Isles; and even the Mississippi...

Though the sabbatical year occurs every 7th year, this was my first sabbatical after 30 years of ministry. I needed to get away and cease my labors for I had buried too many beloved parishioners in the 24 years of service in my present parish. Graciously, my parish sent me off to Israel for 28 days....

Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates', the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel and far-flung consolidation. This encyclopedic study brings together the...

This is an analytical examination of Ibn Khaldun's epistemology, centred on Chapter Six of the Muqaddima. In this chapter, entitled The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al'Ilm), Ibn Khaldun sketched his general ideas about knowledge and science and its relationship with human social organisation and the establishment of a civilisation.

I tasselli essenziali del “puzzle” della storia unitaria inseriti correttamente al loro posto, attraverso le testimonianze dei protagonisti, la freddezza della logica, la conoscenza dei fatti e la passionalità del narratore. La creazione di uno stato federale che fu proposta da Cattaneo e dai...

This book is about consequences of religion more than whether Christ rose from the dead (Krishna, Osiris, Attis of Phrygia, Dionysus, all of whom besides being born on December 25th from a virgin mother did "Resurrect"), or whether the verses of the Qur’an are exactly the words of Allah....